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Metallization of Si heterojunction solar cells by nanosecond laser ablation and Ni-Cu plating

Christophe Ballif, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Ali Dabirian, Matthieu Despeisse, Jan-Willem Alexander Schüttauf, Monica Morales Masis, Bertrand Yves Paul Paviet-Salomon

A key step in industrialization of photovoltaics (PV) is the development of low-cost and large-area metallization processes to substitute the standard screen-printing process of silver paste. Thus Cu and Ni metallization processes enabled by laser patterni ...

Elsevier2017

Design of a Slit-Groove Coupler for Unidirectional Excitation of the Guided Surface Plasmon Polaritons Through a Plasmonic Slot Waveguide

Ali Dabirian

In this paper, a plasmonic-photonic nanostructure has been introduced for efficient unidirectional coupling of free-space radiation to surface plasmon polariton (SPP) waves under normal illumination on a subwavelength slit. The structure consists of a conv ...

Springer2017

Optical Evaluation of the Rear Contacts of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells by Coupled Electromagnetic and Statistical Ray-Optics Modeling

Christophe Ballif, Ali Dabirian, Stefaan De Wolf, Franz-Josef Haug, Monica Morales Masis

High-efficiency crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells increasingly feature sophisticated electron and hole contacts aimed at minimizing electronic losses. At the rear of photovoltaic devices, such contacts-usually consisting of stacks of functional layers ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2017

An Indium-Free Anode for Large-Area Flexible OLEDs: Defect-Free Transparent Conductive Zinc Tin Oxide

Christophe Ballif, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Quentin Thomas Jeangros, Ali Dabirian, Fabien Paul Jacques Dauzou, Monica Morales Masis

Flexible large-area organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) require highly conductive and transparent anodes for efficient and uniform light emission. Tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) is the standard anode in industry. However, due to the scarcity of indium, alt ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

Parasitic Absorption Reduction in Metal Oxide-Based Transparent Electrodes: Application in Perovskite Solar Cells

Christophe Ballif, Sylvain Nicolay, Ali Dabirian, Stefaan De Wolf, Jérémie Werner, Monica Morales Masis, Björn Niesen

Transition metal oxides (TMOs) are commonly used in a wide spectrum of device applications, thanks to their interesting electronic, photochromic, and electrochromic properties. Their environmental sensitivity, exploited for gas and chemical sensors, is how ...

Amer Chemical Soc2016

Mechanical integrity of hybrid indium-free electrodes for flexible devices

Christophe Ballif, Yves Leterrier, Ali Dabirian, Fabien Paul Jacques Dauzou, Monica Morales Masis

Maintaining electrical conductivity, optical transparency, and mechanical integrity against bending and stretching are key requirements for flexible transparent electrodes. Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) are widely used thin film electrodes in optoel ...

Elsevier2016

Self-Assembled Monolayer of Wavelength-Scale Core-Shell Particles for Low-Loss Plasmonic and Broadband Light Trapping in Solar Cells

Ali Dabirian, Ali Naqavi

Scattering particles constitute a key light trapping solution for thin film photovoltaics where either the particles are embedded in the light absorbing layer or a thick layer of them is used as a reflector. Here we introduce a monolayer of wavelength-scal ...

Amer Chemical Soc2016

Synthesis of mesoporous functional hematite nanofibrous photoanodes by electrospinning

Ali Dabirian

Iron(III) oxide (hematite, Fe2O3) nanofibers, as visible light-induced photoanode for water oxidation reaction of a water splitting process, were fabricated through electrospinning method followed by calcination treatment. The prepared samples were charact ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

Tuning the Optoelectronic Properties of ZnO:Al by Addition of Silica for Light Trapping in High-Efficiency Crystalline Si Solar Cells

Christophe Ballif, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Ali Dabirian, Stefaan De Wolf, Monica Morales Masis, Björn Niesen

Highly transparent electrodes with a well-tuned refractive index are essential for a wide range of optoelectronic devices, such as light emitting diodes and solar cells. Here, it is shown that the transparency of ZnO:Al can be improved and its refractive i ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

Aggregates of plasmonic nanoparticles for broadband light trapping in dye-sensitized solar cells

Ali Dabirian, Nafiseh Sharifi

Metallic nanoparticles (NPs) have not been effective in improving the overall performance of the cells with micrometer-thick absorbing layers mainly due to the parasitic optical dissipation in the metal. Here, using both experiment and theory, we demonstra ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2016

Micron-scale rod-like scattering particles for light trapping in nanostructured thin film solar cells

Ali Dabirian

Spherical dielectric particles, nanofibers, and nanorods have been widely used as embedded scattering objects in nanostructured thin film solar cells. Here we propose micron-scale rod-like dielectric particles as a more effective alternative to the spheric ...

RSC Publishing2015

Photonic design of embedded dielectric scatterers for dye sensitized solar cells

Ali Dabirian

Embedded dielectric scatterers comprise an important approach for light trapping in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) due to their simple fabrication process. The challenge in applying these scatterers lies in finding the optimal dimensions and concentrati ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2015

Light trapping in hematite-coated transparent particles for solar fuel generation

Ali Dabirian

Hematite (alpha-Fe2O3), due to its abundance and low-cost, is an attractive compound for photoelectrochemical splitting of water to produce hydrogen. However, one major obstacle preventing hematite from achieving the target efficiencies comprises its signi ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2015

Theoretical Study of Light Trapping in Nanostructured Thin Film Solar Cells Using Wavelength-Scale Silver Particles

Ali Dabirian

We propose and theoretically evaluate a plasmonic light trapping solution for thin film photovoltaic devices that comprises a monolayer or a submonolayer of wavelength-scale silver particles. We systematically study the effect of silver particle size using ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

Environmental stability of high-mobility indium-oxide based transparent electrodes

Christophe Ballif, Ali Dabirian, Stefaan De Wolf, Monica Morales Masis, Thanaporn Tohsophon

Large-scale deployment of a wide range of optoelectronic devices, including solar cells, critically depends on the long-term stability of their front electrodes. Here, we investigate the performance of Sn-doped In2O3 (ITO), H-doped In2O3 (IO:H), and Zn-dop ...

Amer Inst Physics2015

High-Temperature Ammonolysis of Thin Film Ta2O5 Photoanodes: Evolution of Structural, Optical, and Photoelectrochemical Properties

Ali Dabirian

Tantalum nitride (Ta3N5) and oxynitride (TaON) are promising materials for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting due to near-ideal band gaps and band edge positions. However, the high-temperature ammonolysis process that is usually used to make these ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

Evaluation of niobium dimethylamino-ethoxide for chemical vapour deposition of niobium oxide thin films

Patrik Willi Hoffmann, Estelle Wagner, Giacomo Benvenuti, Ali Dabirian, Yury Kuzminykh

Chemical vapour deposition (CVD) processes depend on the availability of suitable precursors. Precursors that deliver a stable vapour pressure are favourable in classical CVD processes, as they ensure process reproducibility. In high vacuum CVD (HV-CVD) pr ...

Elsevier2014

Extreme light absorption in a necking-free monolayer of resonant-size nanoparticles for photoelectrochemical cells

Ali Dabirian

Semiconductor photoelectrodes for water oxidation that absorb visible light usually have poor electronic transport properties and small optical absorption coefficients near their absorption edge. Therefore, innovative designs that lead to significant optic ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2014

High vacuum chemical vapour deposition of oxides: A review of technique development and precursor selection

Patrik Willi Hoffmann, Ali Dabirian, Yury Kuzminykh, Michael Oliver Reinke

Thin films of oxide materials are widely used for various types of applications. The selection of an appropriate deposition method depends on the aimed material and application. We review here a high vacuum chemical vapour deposition (HV-CVD) method, which ...

Elsevier2013

Chemical Vapor Deposition Kinetics and Localized Growth Regimes in Combinatorial Experiments

Patrik Willi Hoffmann, Estelle Wagner, Giacomo Benvenuti, Ali Dabirian, Yury Kuzminykh

Laser-assisted deposition: The discovery of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) conditions under which the growth rate is a decreasing function of the precursor flux has the potential to boost the resolution of laser-assisted CVD processes whereas flux- and de ...

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